I need some help here. I bought a pretty inexpensive pc off of this online company ibuypower. Since I've gotten it its had problems so i sent it back. They sed some cpu problem they'll fix it. Ok no problem. i get it back a few days ago and it hasnt been performing well. Whenever i play a game like doom 3 or counter-strike source or 2142 the pc completely shuts down. I called ibuypower and they said my card is not meant to run source but i can play it on high at 60fps. It runs counter-strike 1.6 fine but will shut down when i play any type of emulator. Is there a problem w/my pc or is it just that my gfx card is the suck for playing games?
hmm u haven't over clocked ur cpu have u??? if not then id say def ur psu or maybe even ur gpu..its gotta be one of those..if u have a decent psu..but if u got it from ibuypower and just went with a case psu then that could be the prob cant handle the juice so it shuts down...thats what im leaning towards.
I just leave the game settings as what it says is best recommended for my pc and I haven't overclocked it all. It is a 400-watt powersupply but it did come w/the case
Well, I've tried reinstalling the gfx drivers it came with. Then, that still didnt work and so i went to nvida.com and got the most recent drivers. still didn't work and then i reinstalled windows and installed the most up-to-date drivers and still nothin. i've tried lowering the settings and resolution reinstalling the games. i dont have any idea of wat to do next
Do you have a friend with a high end pc? Maybe he can lend you his graphics card for an afternoon, plus a PSU. You can take out your 7300GS and try it with w/e card you friend has. Then you can find out if the problem is with the video card...
Case supplies are junk, keep your nose open for the smell of burning rubber/plastic, or if you know what a burnt capacitor/LED/resistor smells like, I'm guess it's one of two things..
A. Your GPU is overheating, monitor it's idle and load temperatures... B. Your PSU is junk, like all of the ones that come with cases, and is going to die soon, my friend's case PSU did the same thing yours did a few times, and then wouldn't turn on, it was the PSU...
Even if it says 400W, if you put a 400W load on it, it's not gonna handle it (most likely) most case PSU's have the wrong voltage printed on them, then there actual output, and/or have low amperage on the 12V rails...
I checked and it doesnt feel loose. I tried taking out my gfx card and putting it back in. It also had a crap load of dust on it so i blew all of it off
it might *might* be ur bios. try to update it to the most recent version along with every one of ur drivers. if that doesnt solve the problem, its probably with the CPU, GPU or PSU.
I had a similar problem with games after I bought my new PC. All I did was jump into my BIOS and up the voltage by 0.01v. Give that a shot, up it by an extra notch if need be, but I think that could be your problem.
Did you overclock anything? If so, return everything to default and see if that helps. I had this problem with my Old PC and i think the Power Suplly just got old. Maybe you just have a bad one.
no i havent overclocked anything. i think the problem was that the fan on my cpu was loose. it could wiggle around very easily so we took it off and put it back on tight and secure. still have had no shutdowns so i think the problem is solved.
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